UK lawmakers to vote on allowing terminally ill adults to end their lives
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Assisted dying transforms healers into executioners, corrupting medicine's sacred duty to preserve life. What begins as a compassionate choice for the terminally ill inevitably expands — Canada's slippery slope proves this horrifying reality. Rather than sanctioning state-approved killing that pressures vulnerable populations into premature death, society must invest in exceptional palliative care that honors human dignity without abandoning hope.
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